The report comes weeks after U.S.-led coalition forces carried out an air strike in the western province of Herat which the Afghan government and the United Nations say killed 96 civilians. The U.S. military says five to seven civilians were killed.The incident sparked off public protests in the country and caused the Afghan government to call for a review of the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan.Civilian deaths as a result of foreign air strikes almost tripled in 2007 compared to 2006 with 321 people killed, HRW said in its report. In the first seven months of this year, at least 119 civilians were killed in air strikes, it said.The figures for this year do not include the Herat incident in August. About 2,500 people, including 1,000 civilians have died in the conflict in the first six months of this year, aid agencies say.Uppdaterade uppgifter visar att en majoritet av befolkningar i flera länder icke stämmer med sina regeringar i detta krig, inkluderande 54 % av USA medborgarna! I Frankrike, Italien, Canada, majoritet av befolkningen godkänner ej deltagande i militära aktioner i Afghanistan. I Frankrike har närmast 60 procent av befolkningen nyligen (augusti 2008) krävt sin regering att kalla de franska trupperna tillbaka från Afghanistan. Likaså i Storbritannien har 54 % av befolkningen (juni 2008) uttryckt att deras soldater skall komma tillbaka.

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